The field of paediatric medicines is advancing and the push has been to make medicines child size, however approximately two thirds of medicinal products that are prescribed for children have not been adequately studied and recommended for paediatric use*

Strengthening strategies in paediatric investigation plans remains paramount and with the EMA 10 year review of paediatric regulation a call has been made for greater guidance with the goal of increasing the number of safe paediatric therapeutics on the market.

Join us as we discuss current clinical trials, implementation and paediatric drug development in a series of interactive conference sessions, roundtables and workshops led by leading industry experts. Gain information on methods to improve clinical recruitment, appreciate ethical issues and navigate regulations when planning and executing a paediatric clinical trial. We will be exploring the complexities of paediatric drug formulation and helping you determine clinical endpoints.

14:10 "who has deviant children ? (We all do – in our trials – but how hard can analysing the data from these ‘tomorrow adults’ be?)”

Andy has been a Statistician through both preclinical, early phase and late phase clinical development for decades, mostly as Head of Statistics at small CROs. In the past 9 years at Roche he has spent around half his time trying to make medicines for children, and medicines made for adults be better suited to children. Before clinical trials Andy studied at Liverpool, Sheffield and Leeds – everything from termites to dairy cows, physiology and nutrition to medical statistics.
Being part of the Paediatric strategy group at Roche/Genentech, working to build on Roche’s reputation within Paediatric medicines, Andy has some lessons learned and hopefully good advice on how to plan, analyse and report paediatric clinical trials.

To deviate is “to depart from the norm” Ignoring any negative connotation to the word, our kids often fall outside of expected study behaviours and standards

Simply applying standards you apply to adults may well not work – from lab ranges to dosing regimens to summary graphs and physiological or PK/PD assumptions

A fundamental paradigm is… that the small people (you’re right! they are not just small people) grow and change (then change and grow) but we want stability during our trial periods. How do we track this - how do we allow for this?

In developing a paediatric toolkit at Roche, what are the broad stroke highlights of some of the most “current” topics

16:40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Andy has been a Statistician through both preclinical, early phase and late phase clinical development for decades, mostly as Head of Statistics at small CROs. In the past 9 years at Roche he has spent around half his time trying to make medicines for children, and medicines made for adults be better suited to children. Before clinical trials Andy studied at Liverpool, Sheffield and Leeds – everything from termites to dairy cows, physiology and nutrition to medical statistics.
Being part of the Paediatric strategy group at Roche/Genentech, working to build on Roche’s reputation within Paediatric medicines, Andy has some lessons learned and hopefully good advice on how to plan, analyse and report paediatric clinical trials.

Andy Kenwright

Senior Statistical Scientist, Hoffmann-La Roche Limited

Andy has been a Statistician through both preclinical, early phase and late phase clinical development for decades, mostly as Head of Statistics at small CROs. In the past 9 years at Roche he has spent around half his time trying to make medicines for children, and medicines made for adults be better suited to children. Before clinical trials Andy studied at Liverpool, Sheffield and Leeds – everything from termites to dairy cows, physiology and nutrition to medical statistics.
Being part of the Paediatric strategy group at Roche/Genentech, working to build on Roche’s reputation within Paediatric medicines, Andy has some lessons learned and hopefully good advice on how to plan, analyse and report paediatric clinical trials.

Bianca McDade

Director, Regulatory Affairs, GSK

Cecile De Coster

Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Deborah Lee

VP, Clinical Development, Insys Therapeutics, Inc.

Floriane Sequier

Senior Scientist, Astrazeneca

Genevieve Michaux

Member of the Brussels and Paris Bar, Partner, mayer brown llp

Hernando Patino

Senior Medical Director, Johnson & Johnson

Jane Lamprill

Paediatric Research Consultant Specialist Medical Writer for Children and Member FP7 Ethics Panel, Paediatric Research Consultancy

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goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives.
These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training
courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD
through their preferred mode of learning.

As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SMI Group can provide an indication
of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately
the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly
in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

GLOBAL CPD

Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces
and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD
is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

CPD Certificates

We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@smi-online.co.uk